List of Presidents of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe


The President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is the head of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe : the deliberative consultative body of the Council of Europe.
PeriodNameCountryPolitical affiliation
1949Édouard Herriot Radical Party
1949–1951Paul-Henri SpaakSocialist Party
1952–1954François de MenthonPopular Republican Movement
1954–1956Guy MolletSocialist Party
1956–1959Fernand DehousseSocialist Party
1959John EdwardsLabour Party
1960–1963Per FederspielVenstre
1963–1966Pierre PflimlinPopular Republican Movement
1966–1969Sir Geoffrey de FreitasLabour Party
1969–1972Olivier ReverdinLiberal Party
1972–1975Giuseppe VedovatoChristian Democracy
1975–1978Karl CzernetzSocial Democratic Party
1978–1981Hans J. de KosterPeople's Party for Freedom and Democracy
1981–1982José Maria de AreilzaUnion of the Democratic Centre
1983–1986Karl AhrensSocial Democratic Party
1986–1989Louis JungGroup of the European People's Party
1989–1992Andreas BjörckEuropean Democratic Group
1992Geoffrey FinsbergEuropean Democratic Group
1992–1995Miguel Angel Martinez MartinezSocialist Group
1996–1999Leni FischerGroup of the European People's Party
1999–2002Lord Russell JohnstonAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2002–2004Peter SchiederSocialist Group
2005–2008René van der LindenGroup of the European People's Party
2008–2010Lluís Maria De PuigSocialist Group
2010–2012Mevlüt ÇavuşoğluEuropean Democratic Group
2012–2014Jean-Claude MignonGroup of the European People's Party
2014–2016Anne BrasseurAlliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe
2016–2017Pedro AgramuntGroup of the European People's Party
2017-2018Stella KyriakidesCyprusGroup of the European People's Party
2018Michele NicolettiSocialists, Democrats and Greens Group
2018–presentLiliane Maury PasquierSwitzerlandSocialists, Democrats and Greens Group